The 2007 Cupa României final was the 69th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Dan Păltinişanu in Timișoara on 26 May 2007 and was contested between Liga I sides FCU Politehnica Timișoara and Rapid București. The cup was won by Rapid after goals from Buga and Zicu with the latter winning the Man Of The Match Award.
Route to the final
Politehnica Timișoara Round of 32Politehnica II Timișoara1–3Politehnica TimișoaraRound of 16Politehnica Timișoara2–0CFR ClujQuarter-finalsPolitehnica Timișoara2–1Politehnica IaşiSemi-finalsPolitehnica Timișoara1–0Steaua BucureștiRapid București Round of 32CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea0–4Rapid BucureștiRound of 16Rapid București1–0Universitatea CraiovaQuarter-finalsRapid București2–0Argeş PiteştiSemi-finalsPandurii Târgu Jiu0–2Rapid București
Match details
Politehnica Timișoara: GK 29 Costel PantilimonDF 14 Sorin RădoiDF 4 Jonathan McKainDF 23 Gabriel Cânu DF 13 Ifeanyi EmegharaMF 31 Abiodun AgunbiadeMF 5 Dan Alexa (c) MF 10 Mihăiţă Pleşan MF 25 Gabriel TorjeFW 24 Gueye Mansour FW 18 Gheorghe BucurSubstitutes:GK 12 Marius PopaDF 6 Silviu IzvoranuMF 7 Ştefan GrigorieMF 17 Peter Omoduemuke MF 30 Wayne SrhojFW 15 Andrei Cristea FW 77 Artavazd KaramyanManager: Valentin VelceaRapid București: GK 1 Dănuţ ComanDF 23 Marius Constantin DF 24 Vasile Maftei (c) DF 6 Ionuţ Rada MF 9 Valentin Bădoi MF 17 Marius Măldărăşanu MF 18 Nicolae Grigore DF 14 Dănuț PerjăFW 7 Ianis ZicuFW 29 Mugurel Buga FW 27 Ionuţ Mazilu Substitutes:GK 32 Mihai MincăDF 5 Ionuţ StancuDF 21 Cristian SăpunaruMF 10 Emil Dică MF 15 Costin Lazăr FW 19 Ionel GaneaFW 99 Viorel Moldovan Manager: Răzvan Lucescu Match Officials Assistant referees: Adrian Vidan Corneliu Fecioru Fourth official: Cristian Balaj
Man of the match Ianis Zicu (Rapid București)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes extra-time (15 minute intervals) Penalty shoot-out if scores level after extra time. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.
References
External links Official site